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title: New package - patrol_finders
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We're introducing [`patrol_finders`] - a new package in Patrol framework! It was
created to make it easier to use Patrol finders in widget tests.

We decided to separate out our finders mechanism to another package, so
developers who would like to use Patrol's awesome finders in their widget tests
don't need to depend on whole Patrol package. This way you can conveniently use
Patrol finders in widget or golden tests, whichever platforms you need to
support in your project!

### How to use it?

We made a short tutorial on how to use `patrol_finders` package separately in
widget tests, you can find it in [Using Patrol finders in widget tests] section.

### Does this change affect my Patrol tests?

If you have already some Patrol tests in your project, there are no breaking
changes in this release - everything works the same as before. Though you may
see some deprecation warnings in your code - you can get your code aligned with
them to prepare for future changes.

[Using Patrol finders in widget tests]: /documentation/finders/finders-setup
[`patrol_finders`]: https://pub.dev/packages/patrol_finders
